Abram Kolski speaks of the Treblinka II-Death Camp uprising that took place on Aug 2, 1943, in Poland. He explains how the prisoners organized the revolt. Many prisoners were able to escape successfully from the camp as a result of the uprising. He was one of them.
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A delegation of USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education supporters and board members will travel to Hungary and Poland this October to commemorate the Institute’s 20th anniversary and learn more about its work in Eastern Europe.
Madame Yong talks about the 1937 mass murder in Nanjing, China and describes the losses in her family. She remembers the atrocities perpetrated by the Japanese soldiers. Madame Yong explains why her family was unable to flee the area prior to the killing.
Gender: Female
Born: 10/28/1935
City of Birth: Lwów, Poland
Ghetto(s): Lwów
Country of Interview: U.S.A
Gender: Female
Born: 2/24/1920
City of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Country of Interview: U.S.A
Milton Belfer remembers when his parents were arrested and his father's beard was forcibly shaved.
Holocaust survivor Itka Zygmuntowicz on the last time she saw her mother.
Gender: Male
Born: 12/12/1930
City of Birth: Vienna, Austria
Country of Interview: U.S.A
Gender: Female
Born: 3/4/1926
City of Birth: Bilky, Czechoslovakia
Ghetto(s): Berehovo, Czechoslovakia
Camp(s): Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp); Lübberstedt (Germany : Concentration Camp)
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